The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-07-07
The gailg 8mlletin,
THURSDAY, JULY Z, 1887.
OUR PARIS LETTER.

takes place simultaneously with the
Grand Prix week, that climax and
cloture at once, of the Paris season.
The present, is the third year of its
existence, transplanted and cult
waited by Partisan Press Men, to
raise funds to reward and alleviate,
alike the heroes and the victims of
duty of man towards man. Every
anniversary has been wet. Has
this circumstance anything to do
with the coincidence, that the
greater part of the funds has hither-
to been expended on tragedies con-
nected with water? The receipts
from the recent battle, were to be
largely devoted to succor the fami-
lies, of the artistes incinerated at
the opera-comique. Perhaps next
year aid may be needed to alleviate
balloonists; thus the press will
have in hand the three elements,
fire, water, and air, with which, ac-
cording to the ancients, anything
could be made. The alchemy here
aimed at is, to replenish low ex-
chequer. There was no want of
pluck on the part of the moneyed
classes to expend cash freely, in
floral decorations for their carriages,
with a liberal supply of ammuni-
ton, in the shape of costly bou-
quets, to throw, like the old plan of
fighting as hand grenades, at only
friends. What battlefield, strewn
with flowers, the wounded suffer-
ing but aromatic pain. How
delightful must be the sensation of
the brave who sink to rest, under a
bombardment of Bengal and tea
rosts In the thlukest of the fight,
heavens artillery opened; all vehi-
Giles had to hood up, and the combat
finished for want of combatants.
The brilliancy of the floral tourna-
ment suffered from the absence of
bright toilettes and gaudy colored
umbrellas. Waterproofs and vulcan
ised caoutchouc, are not the setting
for flowers. The Chinese Embassy,
four members strong, looked lovely
in their blue tunics, yellow petit
coats, black and blue skull caps
true representatives of the Flowery
Land.
Among the other prevailing pleas
ures, was that given at the Rudy
Institution, of the feast of reason
and the flow of soul class. The
professors-all the most distinguish
ed Paris can boast, of dead and
living languages, gave a treat I'M
ique in its kind-the Interpretation
of comedy by their pupils, in the
language taught, few morceaux of
music in character, was executed by
the students. Thus during some
hours, the invited were alternately
at home with the Latins, Greeks,
Italians, Germans, and English, etc.
to say nothing of French. Each
professor is a native, and to his
manner born, and his class-the
troupe-thoroughly cosmopolitan,
contained pupils from the Americas,
England, Denmark, Turkey, South
Africa, East and West India, etc.
Each of the Embassies sent a repre-
sentative. Dupont-Verman of the
Theatre-Francais, had pupils of re-
markable ability. So were those of
the Comte Mlrkorski, in Latin, and
Mele de Pierpont's execution on the
harmonium, would make Victor Hugo
change his views respecting music.
The German class directed by Pro-
fessor Riesse, interpreted one of
Kotzebue's comedies in dashing
style, and last, mot least, the students
of English, were admirable in, IA
gentleman in difficulties. - M. de
Blowitz, the correspondent of the
London "I'imes," is to lecture ON
current English literature. Large
cities would do well to study working
of this institution.
At the present time, when stu
dents bills, like beef and butter, are
always running up, the following
items will not be uninteresting. They
refer to a student, who came to
Paris in 1878, from Poitiers, to
study law; he paid for hat, 7fr; a
pair of gloves, 3fr; a comb, 4 sous I!
shoes, 3fr; a pair of boots, 17fr; a
wig, 16fr; 5000 pins, 1fr; sleeve
buttons, 2fr; treat to four friends,
18fr; a years shaving bill, 18fr;
and laundress account for the same
period, Afr. Had he been dis
ciple of Comte de Tolstor, be would
have made his own boots and cloth
ing.
1t is only now Parisians are dis
cussing the propriety of going to the
country: there appears to be no
great anxiety for the outing; why
they say, so much discomfort, for a
couple of months. The plan is
developing, to reside permanently in
the business centre, and Augustor,
Septembre, make circular tour,
seaside wards. There is also an
evident desire in the part of the
French To travel more in ttfurrin